ACTIVITY 1 SAMPLE PAGE RITTI ACTIVITY 1 EXAMPLE Should a wind farm be built off Block Island?
*Students need to be involved in real (authentic) problems connected to their learning focus. *How can I get my students (and myself) to be social scientists, scientists, readers, writers, mathameticians, etc.
NOTE: This is where we can connect the work of the Dana Center and the vision of RITTI. ● Look at the GSE'S and GLE'S across content areas and try to decide how you could engage students in an authentic activity (as a scientist...) at a specific grade level.
● Pick a GLE/GSE in a content area and and think about what that standard looks like in action.
Grade level
EXAMPLE Grade 6
GLEs/GSEs Before
R-5-15.3
Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to report information, solve a problem, or to formulate a judgment gathering organizing and interpreting the information.
GLEs/GSEs Addressed
R-6-15.3
Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to report information, solve a problem or to make a decision, formulate a judgment by gathering organizing and interpreting the information.
GLEs/GSEs After
R-7-15.3
Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to report information, solve a problem or to make a decision, formulate a judgment, or to support a thesis by gathering organizing, analyzing and interpreting the information
Content Area Focus
Informational Literacy (focus: environment and research strategy)
How students will demonstrate they are (scientists, social scientists, writers, readers and/or mathematicians)...
*Should a wind farm be constructed off Block Island?
*Students will gather information on wind farms by reading and listening to print and non-print media.
*Students will select from the pool of sources which information best supports each side’s argument.
*Students will summarize, write in your own words, visual representation (graphic organizer, poster)
RITTI ACTIVITY 1
EXAMPLE
Should a wind farm be built off Block Island?
*Students need to be involved in real (authentic) problems connected to their learning focus.
*How can I get my students (and myself) to be social scientists, scientists, readers, writers, mathameticians, etc.
NOTE: This is where we can connect the work of the Dana Center and the vision of RITTI.
● Look at the GSE'S and GLE'S across content areas and try to decide how you could engage students in an authentic activity (as a scientist...) at a specific grade level.
● Pick a GLE/GSE in a content area and and think about what that standard looks like in action.
Grade 6
Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to report information, solve a problem, or to formulate a judgment gathering organizing and interpreting the information.
Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to report information, solve a problem or to make a decision, formulate a judgment by gathering organizing and interpreting the information.
Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to report information, solve a problem or to make a decision, formulate a judgment, or to support a thesis by gathering organizing, analyzing and interpreting the information
*Students will gather information on wind farms by reading and listening to print and non-print media.
*Students will select from the pool of sources which information best supports each side’s argument.
*Students will summarize, write in your own words, visual representation (graphic organizer, poster)